Warning! Spoilers for Absolute Power: Origins #3!Batman is one of the most popular comic book characters ever created, and I've noticed that DC Comics tends to inflate that reputation every chance the publisher gets by making him the most dangerous and powerful person in the room. The ego inflation recently led to a strange recon as a major Suicide Squad Moment has changed to support Batman even more.
The surprising recon to the Suicide Squad was seen in Absolute Power: Origins #3 by John Ridley, Alitha Martinez, Norm Rapmund, Andrew Dalhouse and Steve Wands. This book details Amanda Waller's rise to absolute power in the DC Universe and goes over a few events that avid DC readers have already seen. One such event is Batman's assault on Belle Reve when he discovers the existence of the Suicide Squad, but The way the story tells the event is very different from how it was originally.
in this book, Amanda Waller is humiliated and easily defeated by Batman. He threatens you and gets everything he wants with few issues. The complete defeat pushes Waller to start plotting even more against superheroes, but looking back at the event as it was first, the simple defeat of Batman is not what happened. instead, origins' Recon is made to further boost Batman's reputation, but I really don't think it works that well. I honestly think that the original story is much better because it shows both characters at their best.
Amanda Waller originally faced Batman down - and won
Pages of Suicide Squad #10 by John Ostrander, Luke McDonnell, Bob Lewis, Todd Klein and Julianna Ferriter
The original confrontation between Batman and Amanda Waller was first seen in Suicide Squad #10 by John Ostrander and Luke McDonnell. At first, the story plays out much like the retelling, with Batman sneaking into Belle Reve and stealing data from Amanda Waller, which she quickly realizes. The difference is, in the original story, Batman then quickly tries to escape after stealing the data, just to be Stopped by Amanda Waller and the Suicide Squad. Waller manages to negotiate with Batman, essentially threatening Batman with his secret identity to turn over the data he stole. Batman obliges and leaves empty-handed.
This is not a loss for Waller; It is a moment of victory as she awaits a near-catastrophic moment of sabotage.
This one issue established Amanda Waller as a real threat to the DC Universe at large, practically leading to more recent events like Titans: Beast World By Tom Taylor, Ivan Rice, and Lucas Meyer and even Absolute power By Mark Waid and Dan Mora. She knew exactly how to handle Batman and what to threaten him to get him to back down. Even Deadshot expresses surprise that Waller actually got Batman to stand down and leave. I think it is clear that this is not a loss for Waller; It is a moment of victory as she awaits a near-catastrophic moment of sabotage. But in Absolute Power: Origins #3, she later describes it as Batman intentionally "HumiliatingThis is simply not how the event played out in the original version ofevents, and was only shown this way to try to improve Batman's reputation as an unstoppable force.
Amanda Waller once stood her ground and defeated Batman
DC officially rewrites one of its most iconic moments
Batman is an amazing character, and he is one of my favorites in the entire DC Universe. But what makes Batman cool is that Bruce Wayne is just a man. He is not an unstoppable force of nature. I think it's okay if Batman loses or faces setbacks, because what makes him great is how he overcomes them. In the original version of this story, Batman tried to expose Waller and failed. She beats him, unquestionably, making her a fascinating force in the DCU and making Batman a more complex hero. But the defeat does not mean that he gives up; He immediately says he will continue to go after her and find another way to bring her down. In this retelling, then, why is Waller still active if Batman got what he needed to shut her down?
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Batman is an incredibly popular character and fans love to see him succeed. But sometimes DC takes the desire for Batman's triumph a little too far and makes him seem unstoppable, even when it doesn't serve the plot. Waller has years of building up to her dislike of superheroes, and the original confrontation between Waller and Batman in Suicide Squad Doesn't change her motivations. If anything, the original event strengthens them. Waller manages to successfully talk Batman down, forcing him to leave empty-handed. This event shows you that Batman Can Be defeated, which is much better than he just shows up as an impossible force and humiliate you and the whole Suicide Squad.
Absolute Power: Origins #3 And Suicide Squad #10 are available now from DC Comics!